New York’s highest court unanimously ruled that Buffalo-based Kaleida Health’s self-insurance plan covered a physician treating patients on call. The ruling puts the health system on the hook for most of a malpractice settlement above the physician’s primary policy. The…
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Physician associates are heading into 2027 state legislative sessions with supervision rollbacks at the top of their agenda. Physician groups are preparing to fight them. Ten states have removed the requirement that PAs practice under physician supervision, according to MedPage…
Seventy-seven percent of medical students and 74% of residents reported carrying debt from medical school, compared with 30% of practicing physicians, according to Medscape’s “Medical School Debt-Management Report 2026.” The report, published Oct. 16, is based on an online survey…
For a growing set of physician specialties, a $500,000 offer no longer stands out. It is the going rate. Starting salaries for gastroenterologists, urologists, radiologists, cardiologists, anesthesiologists and orthopedic surgeons all now exceed that mark. Yet several of those same…
As health systems grapple with financial pressures and shifting operational priorities, some are making workforce reductions that extend to physicians. At least three health systems have laid off physicians in 2026, with cuts affecting clinical staff, administrative leaders and other…
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Among physician associates (PAs) who reported burnout in 2026, 44% said it has lasted more than two years, up from 37% in 2024, according to Medscape’s PA Burnout & Depression Report 2026. The report, published Oct. 9, is based on…
Just 10% of the physician and advanced practitioner search engagements AMN Healthcare conducted took place in communities of 100,000 or more, down from 70% a year earlier, according to a Sept. 16 white paper from the healthcare staffing firm. The…
CentraCare and the University of Minnesota Medical School are expanding their rural graduate medical education programs with three new residency tracks designed to train physicians for Greater Minnesota communities. The partners are recruiting for rural tracks in pediatrics, psychiatry and…
Here are 13 updates on unionization efforts and other labor organizing among clinicians at hospitals and health systems in September, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association reached a tentative labor contract with Baystate Health covering…
The Department of Labor inspector general’s online challenge to Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health over its resident physicians began with a post from an anonymous X account. As of Sept. 29, the health system said it had received no official communication…